STRIDER
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McCLURE
John McClure had his spleen removed
after a severe impact with the bottom of the
legendary 'Manhole pool.' The doctors
verdict was that any further skate accidents
could be under penalty of death. To keep
up his strokes he subsequently became
one of California's better known profes
sional surfers. Along the way he won
countless contests, garnered major
interviews and cover shots. In the surfing
world the general consensus is that
McClure has a solid shot at a high paying
career. One day while hanging out with J.
Adams, Peralta, Clark and Scheliga at a
prominent desert ramp John decided he
needed to log some skate air. Against all
logic he borrowed a cue and promptly was
launching off the lips. Defying the odds,
McClure now skates every day. The
doctors are worried. John knows he has no
other choice.
STRIDER
Strider skates every day, he surfs just
about as often. The transference of water
tricks to the land and vice versa is his
game. Ramps, tubes, parking lots, walls,
curbs, lips, sidewalks, ledges, pools and
point breaks are his training ground. He is
an emergent interdisciplinary master of the
new social order. Last week he placed
fourth in the United States Surfing Cham-
pionships. For this occasion he employed
a surf-stick, next time it might be a skate.
NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST
For four years tales about the man with
no name filtered through the back canyon
runs of the West Coast. They all said he
was among the fastest. During the skate
boom promoters attempted to track him
down and to buy up his talent. The man
with no name chose to remain under-
ground. Occasionally he'll now hit one of
the speed banks to unwind. They all say
he's still faster than almost anyone. He
only appears here with the stipulation that
he's 'unidentified by request.' The man
with no name was once clocked at 55 in a
30 mph zone. The police never caught him.
THRASHER
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